May 2007 « MageP’s Lab

It’s ZAM, ZAM, ZAM and still ZAM …

Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin a.k.a ZAM is feeling paranoid, to the extent that he mentioned about bloggers for a record of three times in the month of May 2007 itself.

March 21:

Zainuddin advised readers suspicious of the information posted on blog websites to refer to the mainstream media to get the true picture.

May 5:

It is [...]

PM to S Samy Vellu: Shut up!

The Star SMS alert at 5:47pm.
PM has told Works Minister S Samy Vellu to do this duty and undertake all repairs in Parliament building and stop blaming others.

For our PM who is usually angry and upset but for him to utter such a million dollar sentence asking Samy Vellu to shut up, one can imagine [...]

Pay rise and the expectations

Yesterday, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced a substantial pay rise of up to 35 percent for civil servants and 42 percent for police and military personnel.

As much as this blogger would like to question the timing of the increment, let me first congratulate all the beneficiaries as it has been a while since the [...]

From keris to globalization

The minister who yielded the keris 2 years ago is now talking about globalization.

Indah khabar daripada rupa.

Syed Hamid: So superb, so good, let’s talk about bridge now!

There was once when the Government was so gung-ho about the plan to build a bridge across its half of the Johor Strait.

Of course, that was way back in 2006. Since then, the plan was scrapped with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi cited legal implications and complications as the reason.

"Problems will arise when we have [...]

VMY 2007: Not once, not twice, not thrice …

When Indian film director Sanjiv Mishra was in Malaysia to shoot a documentary, he was detained by Rela officers after mistaking him for an illegal immigrant.

According to a report by Malay Mail, the producer was shaken and scared by the experience where he was surrounded by up to seven men before being shoved into a [...]

May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969

(SOURCE: Malaysiakini)

It’s a must read book which provides another insight into the May 13 incident which led to the establishment of New Economy Policy (NEP), which is still in place until now, 38 years after the unfortunate event. Quote from Wikipedia:
May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969 by academic and [...]

Proton: Disaster in making

You can talk until the cows come home and remain on the discussion table.

7 weeks after the March 31 deadline, General Motors (GM) and Volkswagen (VW) are still talking to Proton, who already asked for more money from the Government to pay off unprofitable dealers.

It was reported by Forbes that a senior government official declined [...]

Conflict of interest

After 2 months, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed to resign over his handling of a pay package for his girlfriend, a bank employee.

(SOURCE: BBC, 18 May 2007)

Conflict of interest is a big thing in US. The imminent exit of Wolfowitz is a good example.

Unlike Malaysia, conflict of interest is deeply ingrained. Oh you don’t [...]

Sick and suck

Apologize, no apologize, then re-apologize.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil concluded the case is now over. However, blogger Bernard Khoo isn’t satisfied with the outcome.

Sorry is such a cheap word today. If the cabinet had had what it takes to do a man’s job, they would have sacked both the MPs [...]